Project Explorer view

 

Project explorer view shows the resources in the workbench.

 

The files in the view are given in the hierarchical order.

 

From the Project Explorer view, you can open and manipulate files.

 

 

Project  Explorer view toolbar

 

 

From the toolbar of the Project Explorer view, you can perform these actions:

 

Collapse all

collapses all the items in the view

Link with Editor

toggles whether the view selection is linked to the active editor

View menu

opens the drop-down menu

Minimize

minimizes the view

Maximize

maximizes the view

 

From the drop-down menu of the Project Explorer view, you can perform these actions:

 

 

 

Projects Presentation

allows displaying projects either flat or in hierarchical order:

 

 

 

Top Level Elements

allows choosing the top level element to be Projects or Working Sets:

 

 

 

Select Working Set...

opens the Select Working Set dialog where you can select a working set:

 

 

 

Deselect Working Sets

deselects current working sets

 

Edit  Active Working Set...

opens the Edit Active Working Set... dialog where you can change the current working set:

 

 

 

Package Presentation

allows displaying packages either flat or in hierarchical order:

 

 

Customize View

allows customizing view filters and content modules:

 

 

Link  with Editor

toggles whether the view selection is linked to the active editor

 

 

Project Explorer view context menu

 

 

New

 

 

allows creating new programs, files, and libraries (refer here to learn details about creating new objects with LyciaStudio):

 

Here you can watch a short video about creating 4gl projects, programs, and source files in LyciaStudio.

 

Copy

 

copies the selected resources to the clipboard

Paste

 

pastes resources into the selected project or folder

Delete

 

deletes the selected resource from the workspace

Remove from Context

 

removes the selected resources from the context menu

Move

 

starts the dialog in that you specify the new location for the selected resource:

 

 

Rename...

 

allows specifying a new name for the selected resource

Import...

 

opens the Import wizard for importing projects, programs, and files:

 

 

Export...

 

opens the Export wizard for exporting projects, programs, and files:

 

 

Build Project

 

allows building the selected project

Refresh

 

refreshes the selected resource and its children

Close Project

 

closes the selected project

Close Unrelated Projects

 

closes all the projects unrelated to the selected  project

Validate

 

validates the selected file and provides results in the Validation Results window:

 

 

Deploy to External Location

 

deploys the program to an external location - a directory on your file system or an archive file:

 

 

Deploy to Server

 

deploys the program to a default application server instance:

 

 

Run As

 

allows running the application via one of graphical client - LyciaDesktop or LyciaWeb and opening the Run Configuration page:

 

 

Debug As

 

allows choosing the graphical client - LyciaDesktop or LyciaWeb - to debug the application with and opening Debug Configuration wizard:

 

 

Team

 

allows working with repositories (exact commands of the menu group depend on the repository selected - GIT or CVS)

Compare With

 

allows comparing files with each other and with external files (exact commands of the menu group depend on whether the programs is connected to a repository and the type of the repository):

 

 

 

 

Replace With

 

allows replacing files with each other and with external files (exact commands of the menu group depend on whether the programs is connected to a repository and the type of the repository):

 

 

 

 

Properties

 

opens the Properties window for the selected program or file: